Anna Danilova creates gripping detective stories in which psychological puzzles and intricate interweaving of feelings reveal the true motives that lead characters to crime. In a remote village with a grim name, Chernyeť, a mysterious murder occurs. The evening that lawyer Boris and his wife Zhenya planned to spend in a family atmosphere unexpectedly turns into a dangerous investigation. Suspicion falls on the son of their friends, and the couple can’t stay out of it. Investigator Rebrov agrees to accept their help because it seems the investigation is deliberately being driven into a dead end. Who is the victim and who is the murderer—and why is the situation so tangled?